Selected English EssaysOxford University Press, 1922 - 543 pages |
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... perhaps , be added that there has been no attempt to observe any common standard of length in the specimens chosen . A chronological order of arrangement has been adopted , and the orthography , where necessary , has been conformed to ...
... perhaps , be added that there has been no attempt to observe any common standard of length in the specimens chosen . A chronological order of arrangement has been adopted , and the orthography , where necessary , has been conformed to ...
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... perhaps , hardly say that my sympathies are with those critical readers who think that this great essayist or that masterpiece should have been in- . cluded , but I would urge in extenuation of the shortcomings of the selection in this ...
... perhaps , hardly say that my sympathies are with those critical readers who think that this great essayist or that masterpiece should have been in- . cluded , but I would urge in extenuation of the shortcomings of the selection in this ...
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... perhaps come to the price of a pearl , that showeth best by day , but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle , that showeth best in varied lights . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure . A · Doth any man doubt ...
... perhaps come to the price of a pearl , that showeth best by day , but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle , that showeth best in varied lights . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure . A · Doth any man doubt ...
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... perhaps , the one is as painful as the other . He that dies in an earnest pursuit , is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who , for the time , scarce feels the hurt ; 6 6 It is as and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat ...
... perhaps , the one is as painful as the other . He that dies in an earnest pursuit , is like one that is wounded in hot blood ; who , for the time , scarce feels the hurt ; 6 6 It is as and therefore a mind fixed and bent upon somewhat ...
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... any man think that he will take counsel , but it shall be by pieces ; asking counsel in one business of one man , and in another business of another man ; it is well ( that is to say , better , perhaps , FRANCIS BACON 19.
... any man think that he will take counsel , but it shall be by pieces ; asking counsel in one business of one man , and in another business of another man ; it is well ( that is to say , better , perhaps , FRANCIS BACON 19.
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Page 2 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 23 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks.
Page 2 - A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Page 263 - Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 70 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 102 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for, if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them.
Page 70 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 85 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet; his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the wrong.
Page 85 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him. Before this disappointment, Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege, fought a duel upon his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffeehouse, for calling him youngster.
Page 88 - He is very ready at that sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women. He has all his life dressed very well, and remembers habits as others do men. He can smile when one speaks to him, and laughs easily. He knows the history of every mode...